diff --git a/client/components/modals/BatchQuickMatchModel.vue b/client/components/modals/BatchQuickMatchModel.vue
index c424baaa..40a3cf25 100644
--- a/client/components/modals/BatchQuickMatchModel.vue
+++ b/client/components/modals/BatchQuickMatchModel.vue
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 		    <p class="pr-4">Provider</p>
 			<ui-dropdown v-model="options.provider" :items="providers" small />
 	      </div>
+		  <p class="text-base px-8 py-2">Quick Match will attempt to add missing covers and metadata for the selected books.  Enable the options below to allow Quick Match to overwrite existing covers and/or metadata.</p>
           <div class="flex px-8 items-end py-2">
             <ui-toggle-switch v-model="options.overrideCover"/>
             <ui-tooltip :text="tooltips.updateCovers">
@@ -56,11 +57,12 @@ export default {
 	  options: {
 		provider: 'google',
 		overrideDetails: true,
-		overrideCover: true
+		overrideCover: true,
+		overrideDefaults: true
 	  },
 	  tooltips: {
-		  updateCovers: 'Update the selected book covers when a match is located.',
-		  updateDetails: 'Update the selected book details when a match is located.'
+		  updateCovers: 'Allow overwriting of existing covers for the selected books when a match is located.',
+		  updateDetails: 'Allow overwriting of existing details for the selected books when a match is located.'
 	  }
     }
   },
diff --git a/server/scanner/Scanner.js b/server/scanner/Scanner.js
index acfcdd9e..87c57351 100644
--- a/server/scanner/Scanner.js
+++ b/server/scanner/Scanner.js
@@ -675,9 +675,11 @@ class Scanner {
     var provider = options.provider || 'google'
     var searchTitle = options.title || libraryItem.media.metadata.title
     var searchAuthor = options.author || libraryItem.media.metadata.authorName
+	var overrideDefaults = options.overrideDefaults || false
 
-    // Set to override existing metadata if scannerPreferMatchedMetadata setting is true
-    if (this.db.serverSettings.scannerPreferMatchedMetadata) {
+    // Set to override existing metadata if scannerPreferMatchedMetadata setting is true and 
+	// the overrideDefaults option is not set or set to false.
+    if ((overrideDefaults == false) && (this.db.serverSettings.scannerPreferMatchedMetadata)) {
       options.overrideCover = true
       options.overrideDetails = true
     }